Those That Say That Individuals Are Not

The Deeper The Experience Of An Absence Of Meaning - In Other Words, Of Absurdity - The More Energetically Meaning Is Sought.

Work For Something Because It Is Good, Not Just Because It Stands A Chance To Succeed.

There Is Only One Art, Whose Sole Criterion Is The Power, The Authenticity, The Revelatory Insight, The Courage And Suggestiveness With Which It Seeks Its Truth. ... Thus, From The Standpoint Of The Work And Its Worth It Is Irrelevant To Which Political Ideas The Artist As A Citizen Claims Allegiance, Which Ideas He Would Like To Serve With His Work Or Whether He Holds Any Such Ideas At All.

The Attempt To Devote Oneself To Literature Alone Is A Most Deceptive Thing, And ... Often, Paradoxically, It Is Literature That Suffers For It.

I Am Not An Optimist, Because I Am Not Sure That Everything Ends Well. Nor Am I A Pessimist, Because I Am Not Sure That Everything Ends Badly. I Just Carry Hope In My Heart. Hope Is The Feeling That Life And Work Have A Meaning. You Either Have It Or You Don't, Regardless Of The State Of The World That Surrounds You. Life Without Hope Is An Empty, Boring, And Useless Life. I Cannot Imagine That I Could Strive For Something If I Did Not Carry Hope In Me. I Am Thankful To God For This Gift. It Is As Big As Life Itself.